AfricaMuseum hosts event on origins of African objects

AfricaMuseum investigates provenance of African objects in its collection

On Saturday, 7 February 2026, the Belgian AfricaMuseum in Tervuren hosted an event to showcase some of the results from its research into the museum’s vast collection. The PROCHE project, as the wide-spanning study is called, dives into the historical context and the modes of acquisition of some 83,000 objects from Congo and Central Africa in the museum’s collection. As far as historical African objects are concerned, Tervuren’s AfricaMuseum is …

AfricaMuseum hosts event on origins of African objects

The AfricaMuseum in Tervuren held an event on Saturday about research into the origins of African art and cultural objects.